Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-19

I street, ono hundred ana n1ty "0s VI AoPS
IA avenue, favored opening the same If par
ties interested would bear sxpenses Report
adopted.
The committee appointed to re-district the
city asked further time. It was gauted. The
city attorney stated that tho city could not
be devided into more than six wards.
Mr. Daisy asked i've feet Of alley west OF
new opera house building to be occupied by
that building. The alley asit is now vacat-
ed is twenty feet wide. He was given the
space.
First, Second and Third streets in Bun.
dams addition were vacated.
| An ordinance was passed requiring ell
combustible material in front and rear OF
buildings in fire limits to be removed. Fine
for violating such ordinance not more
than s25.
At this point the council launched out up
on vacating alleys just short distance
south of Newton
The mayor appointed as city engineer, y.
Mulvey. Weighmaster, east scales, j. A.
Martin; west scales, B. B. Carlton. Police
D. F. Parks, Frank Brazier, Thomas McNa
mara, Joe Stewart, Jap Marlette, E. T
Clark, Charles Hambro, I. Lilly, j. j. VIII
liams, B. Wood, A. B. Jenkins, j. T. Hawkes.
All were accepted unanimous except Mr
Wood Messrs Buckridge and johnson
would not vote for him, stating that they
did not know him.
Mr. Gandoifo asked The council to tell him
where to throw the stops from the hotel. BE
had man hired to haul Stops but had been
arrested for putting it on the west side and
paid fine, but still had no place to put it.
He asked ~ council to designate some place
to be used fer that purpose.
No one OF the council seemed able to tel
what should be done. II was discussed to
some extent and finally dismissed without
any definite decision
A petition was submitted asking the city
to build bridge across the little river al
Thirteenth street. 1t was referred to public
improvement committee.
A petition was submitted asking Maple
street to be widsned. 1t is sixty feet wide
and the petition called for twenty feet more
to be added to the street. The petition was
allowed.
An electric light was ordered corner Elm
street and Fourth avenue. 1t was desired to
give the robbers in that section little light
on the subject.
| A petition was submitted asking that two
colored policemen be appointed and an as
sistant city clerk of color also be appointed
Mr.. Healy moved With Stone as second that
the prayers of petition be granted, but it oc-
cured that there were no vacancies and mo-
ton Withdrawn and petition referred to
mayor and city clerk. The petition was
signed by number of gentlemen among
them Major W. H. Grattan.
Mr.. T. Coop submitted a petition asking
the city to erect an arch over the gate way
into the campus of the Garfield University.
A howl was reported as coming up from
Wichita street because lumber was piled up
in the street. The question was referred to
the public Improvement committee.
The ordinance of Wichita Mining and In
vestment was not acted upon.
The mayor stated that the city marshal
favored reviving the old rock pile scheme FOL
entertaining tramps. He recommended or
dering some OF the hardest rock in the city.
1t was moved to adopt the crock pile scheme
and carried.
1t was decided to employ an assistant city
engineer and mayor empowered to appoint
At this copjuncture the crowd and pencil
showers were raralized to hear Mr.. Healey
open up bis motion box and draw out q mo
ton to go into executive. Mr.. Stone, who, Il
is generally conceded, can be counted OF
when any second is open, quickly Responded
with the necessary step for bodily applying
the bounce to the public in general, The
motion seemed to be a very popular one ant
was carried without dissenting vote. The
awful situation of the showers Of faber No
2 seemed to be enjoyed hugely by the entire
body. and amid shouts, started up the cry
''put 'em out, put 'em out" and purely as G
matter of respect, of course, out they went
Ths door was locked safe and solid by the
anxious assistant clerk and Of course tht
body was in a great big executive session
Not voice conld be heard-on the outside
but that of couneilmen discussing in anxious
tones the grave question lately handed
over to special committee fol
. scething investigation. The great question
which was denied to the types was the old
but generally conceded to be important one
Of filing up the rivers. Mr.. Derby as chair
man Of tho COMMITTEES appointed to give the
question special attention, made his report
! An investigation Of the question had csurec
him to more than ever believe that the city
wcs destined to suffer greatly unless addition
building into the river was stopped. Whii'
having advocated policy Numerically op
posite to the one in practice, he had never
been so strongly impressed that it should be
changed until he had given the question
special attention during the last few days
| Immediately north OF the Douglas avenue
bridge zach bank Of the river had been bull
out near the length Of span OF tie bridge
! The ding in was near as high ~ the
original banks Tee names Of the
parties encroaching at those point:
were reported They had been seen on the
subject, and Of courss were not Of the spin
ion that they were placing the city in any
danger. "On. no, il would never amount &c
any thing" Besides, il was none Of the
| city's business, anyhow They owned the
original banks, and also owned the sirt and
material being dumped making ths en-
croachmsnt.. and Is = result, OF course, il
was their own business. 1t bang their buai-
ness, ''ys city be gone" and haste ye not &c
return" One sarcastic ours had the inpU-